DIC Goal

DIC Vision:

To develop a culture of innovation, design thinking and creative problem solving by disseminating the knowledge in every sphere of the society.

DIC Objectives:

To promote design innovation as a discipline.
To promote a culture of innovation and creative problem solving.
To facilitate evolution of new models of academia-industry interactions as well as academia-social interactions and develop institutional networks for innovations in the thematic areas such as agriculture, healthcare, water harvesting, crop protecting etc.
To create an ecosystem facilitating students and faculty to take their innovative ideas from classrooms to labs, labs to market.
To promote knowledge sharing and collaboration amongst industry, academia, government institutions, research laboratories, etc.

DIC Mission:

The centre aims to foster a design and innovation culture within the institute by focusing on issues in the North-West Himalayan region and other national priority areas.
Navaashay encourages multidisciplinary design-focused innovation and design thinking-led issue solutions through design-based education and projects.
The centre’s goal is to improve interaction/collaboration with institutions/organizations around the world and to develop a flagship programme in design and innovation.